Developing a structural-interpretive model of factors affecting the establishment of systemic thinking in an organization (Case study: Companies active in the country's sugar industry)

Nowadays, using the most up-to-date and appropriate methods and paradigms in management sciences is necessary for successful management to make the best decisions to guide organizational groups. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting the establishment of systems thinking to develop a structural-interpretive model in companies active in the sugar industry. This study was conducted on ۴۰۰ managers, officials, and experts of the five studied companies, and ۱۹۶ samples were selected based on a purposive judgment method according to Morgan’s table. The research collection tools were library studies and a researcher-made questionnaire with ۵۷ questions based on the Likert scale technique and a standard ISM method questionnaire. The reliability of the researcher-made questionnaire was checked based on Cronbach’s alpha test and composite reliability. The exploratory factor analysis approach was used to identify the desired variables. Based on data analysis in Smart PLS software, ten factors were identified as influential factors in establishing systems thinking based on the Varimax rotation method and explaining ۴۰.۸% of the variance of the variables. In the standard steps of the structural-interpretive modeling approach, the variables extracted as model structures were divided into four levels of importance and used in designing strategies and plans for any organization to make the necessary decisions and policies.

Keywords:

system , Systems Thinking , exploratory factor analysis , Structural-Interpretive Modeling